Kathleen McGehee's last interactions with family members were detailed in the preliminary hearing. She had gone to church with another son in Stockton the previous Sunday. She went to a grocery store and had phone conversations with relatives.

Manteca police discovered her body the next day - Oct. 31 - at the entrance of her bedroom during a welfare check.

The woman's son, Dawson McGehee, who lived in the home, was arrested hours later, wearing a black leather jacket with bloodstains. The stains match his mother's DNA, officials said.